You may notice above that it looks like there are selections of voting options, but no question! Well, Blogger is having some issues with it's gadget feature, but that's not what matters to you. 

I'm calling on everyone to PLEASE vote above on the following question:
The government and laws were created with the intent of providing and protecting certain rights. One of the most basic rights is the right to thought--which includes opinions and beliefs. So, should the government provide laws defending someone's opinion to be prejudiced and discriminate? For the sake of argument, assume that the discrimination is not allowed to be violent or abusive.

I would also cherish your comments at the bottom of this post. After my survey is over, I may explain why this is such an important question to me. I've literally lost sleep over thinking about what the government's role is in allowing the liberty of thought but also respecting and providing for basic human rights. I'm wrestling to define this for myself, but I want to see where you, my beloved followers, stand on this issue. 

Thank you, and you shall hear from me soon on this :) Spread the word for other people to vote on this, please! 

Hope

Are You Ready to be Challenged for the Stand You Took on Wednesday?

Are You Ready to be Challenged for the Stand You Took on Wednesday?

This Wednesday may not have been the most proud moment for many Christians, Republicans, Freedom-of-Speechers, or Homosexual vigilantes. Don't believe me? Read on, and comment on the end if you so choose. 


I want to be thorough, so I want to fully explain my background first. I believe that people shouldn't be identified by any one factor. I especially don't think that sexual orientation should be the way that you look at a person or accept them. I believe that admitting homosexuality, regardless of how accepting your friends and family are, is incredibly difficult because it takes admitting that you are still going against what people and science says is normal. I defended this Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day all over Facebook and in conversations with friends. I was excited that people all over America were standing up for Economic Freedoms, Religious Freedoms, and Freedoms of Speech. However, my greatest fear happened.


As you watch the video above you may immediately notice Ms. Tracy's clearly fallacious logic, or the simpleton speech of the first interviewee, or the female pastor. But what you may not notice, because Christians have gotten supremely numb at noticing, is the hurt and the anger that Ms. Tracy is expressing in this video. She is just one example of thousands of people in America, who, on Wednesday, felt ostracized and persecuted for their sexual identity. 


Before you start gathering your pitchforks and torches, hear me out. I have many beliefs on homosexuality which would take too many pages for me to explore here. Supremely above what I believe on the practice, though, is my understanding of God's loving nature. Even though this day was not meant (by those who organized it) to feel like an LGBT persecution day, it was another example of Christians appearing hateful and superior. I'm not saying the Appreciation Day shouldn't have happened, but I think the masses of America will quickly notice some hypocrisy amongst the people who supported this event.


If Mike Huckabee had called for a National Help the Homeless Day, would you have spent 2 hours doing that? Or would you have written a check? If he had called for a National Clean Your Local Parks Day, would you have helped? Or would you have Tweeted about it and left it to other people? And if an openly homosexual person owning a large chain of stores was being told to shutdown some of his locations because of his personal support of the LGBT, would you have all gone and waited hours in line for HIS rights? Or would you be the one telling him to shut down his stores? 


The hard part about this past Wednesday is that S. Truett Cathy made a statement about a widely controversial religious topic. If he had just said something about the President and some stores were asked to close, very few people would think to organize a rally. But Wednesday, though it was about freedoms, appeared to be about another issue entirely. It shouldn't have been, but that's how it came across. There was even a Chick-Fil-A in Texas which gave out free sandwiches to people who said they were against homosexuality. Such is the nature of national events which cannot be completely controlled.


Thank you, everyone, who supported CFA for the right reasons. I hope your voice was heard! But for the future, let's think about how our rally's may be perceived. Today, some people in the homosexual community have decided to go to Chick-Fil-As all across America and show PDA in the restaurants as a counter-rally. Let's make sure that somehow, be it through social media or personal interactions, we show that our incredible overwhelming love for God explodes from our every action and speech such that people of all orientations, races, and personalities know that we love them more than the cause.